The Premier League has brought in a panel made up of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) members to advise on issues of race.
Top-flight officials have appointed an eight-person group which is made up of current and ex-players and managers, which Sportsmail understands is being chaired by ex-West Bromwich and current Doncaster manager Darren Moore.
The Premier League will also seek Raheem Sterling's input, even though he is not one of the eight.
The move is part of wide-ranging plans to tackle racism and was not triggered by the sickening abuse aimed at England players in Bulgaria on Monday night.
The Premier League say that the BAME participants' advisory group will 'ensure the views of BAME players and coaches are heard' and will 'help inform ongoing work'.
Over the next two weekends, the No Room For Racism campaign will be visible at all top-flight matches, with Sterling, Tammy Abraham, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Son Heung-min, Teemu Pukki, Jordan Pickford and Callum Wilson appearing in videos at stadiums.
The campaign was introduced last year without input from Kick It Out but the anti-racism charity has been consulted this time around, Premier League insiders said.
It is also understood competition bosses held face-to-face talks with social media firms, including Twitter — which has been used as a platform for racists to publish hatred. Meanwhile, a group of Aston Villa fans are preparing a banner to pay tribute to the way Tyrone Mings dealt with racist abuse on his England debut.
The Project B6 group of supporters hope to unfurl the flag at Saturday's home game against Brighton, following Mings' impressive response to the monkey chants aimed at him in Sofia.
Four Bulgaria fans arrested for subjecting England players to racist abuse have been fined 1,000 Bulgarian lev (£443) and banned from sports events for two years.
Carlo_Peace
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30 POINTS DEDUCTIONS WOULD BE BETTER.
yeedklpsu
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let them incorporate all races in that team to avoid being racists by forming a biased group.
Walkieyy
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just cut 3 point for the team of the fans who use racism abuse.
pineasmp
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come-on! u can't do that, that's unreal
wiuklostz
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Kick it Out is a Crock of Shit Kiss me ass Gold Diggers and in no way represent the views or needs of Black people!! They are SELL OUTS!!
wiuklostz
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If you appoint BAME yes massa's you'll get the same nonsense supposed solutions like: Walk off the pitch BS! What needs to happen is racists receive life sentences as their actions destroys lives, and the Racist FA and EPL sack their chiefs and appoint REAL Black people to their boards, and the clubs appointed the same to theirs, and the Championship and all other leagues all the way down to grassroots do the same, so not only do Black people with the required skills and abilities get the jobs they deserve, but the nation benefits from the much needed contribution. Appointing eight BAME panel to advise, please! If you need them to advise, then sack the racists whom suggested that garbage and give the eight those jobs!!
JDBOSS111
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This is great